Itema exhibits at CAITME 2014 and at JAPAN OPEN HOUSE

Itema , which announced positive results for the first half of 2014, with 12% year-over-year increase in sales, is the only manufacturer in the world to provide the top three shuttleless weft insertion technologies: rapier, airjet and projectile, an ample product portfolio and a commitment to continuous innovation.

Piero Colombelli, Itema’s Sales & Marketing representative in the region, said on the occasion of opening the company’s stand at the trade fair: “One of Itema’s targets for the next future is to be more and more present with our weaving machines in this beautiful region. We strongly believe that we can provide Customers in Uzbekistan and the neighboring countries with the perfect technology, a tailor-made solution and great value for money – an overall win-win package which will undoubtedly further bolster Central Asian weavers’ renowned creativity and success.”

Fulvio Carlo Toma, Itema Group’s Sales & Marketing Director added: “We as a Company are confident that Central Asia has all the prerequisites to become a strategically important, top textile-exporting region. Itema is present, now more than ever, in this region, and is looking forward to actively contributing to the growing trade cooperation and textile exports of Central Asian companies to the rest of the world.”
The 11th edition of CAITME - Central Asian International Textile Machinery Exhibition – is open to visitors from September 10th until September 12th.

And ITEMA will hold an Open House in Japan on September 11th-12th on the premises of DAIKI Co., Ltd, one of Itema’s Customers and a leading weaver of automotive fabrics. During the Open House, Itema will showcase its latest advancements in weaving technology, with a specific focus on the R9500, the best-selling rapier model which enables Customers to produce a wide range of high quality fabrics, whilst achieving greater levels of creativity and success.   Itema will exhibit four looms in total in a joint display of technological advancements in collaboration with Stäubli Japan, leading manufacturer of advanced shedding machines and other textile machinery.

Mr. Fulvio Carlo Toma commented: “I would like to wholeheartedly thank our gracious host, Mr. Yamamoto, for offering DAIKI’s impressive premises for the event. Japan and the entire Asia Pacific basin is an increasingly important and thriving market for Itema registering solid results in 2013 and an encouraging growth in the first semester 2014. We look forward to a continuing positive outlook also thanks to our close collaboration with progressive, innovating companies like DAIKI, as well as partners like Stäubli. I am constantly in awe of the fabrics that our Customers produce and DAIKI is an excellent example of such creativity, sophistication and premium quality possible to weave on Itema branded looms.”